Jasiri Talent Investor Programme 2025 for East Africa Youth Entrepreneurs (Funding)

Call for Application – Jasiri Talent Investor Programme 2025 for East Africa Youth Entrepreneurs (Funding). Jasiri Cohort 8 is now open for youth entrepreneurs. Get funding, mentorship and hands on training to build a high impact business from scratch!

The Jasiri Talent Investor programme is dedicated to discovering and investing in promising entrepreneurs with the potential to establish high-impact businesses. It’s a fully funded 13 month programme that takes a comprehensive, long-term approach to nurture entrepreneurs. The programme offers fellows the time and resources needed to identify Market-Creating Innovations and achieve product-market fit.

Who is Eligiible

• An Ethiopian, Kenyan, or Rwandan residing in your country or diaspora.
  Ready to pursue entrepreneurship full-time as a career, and spend three months of Residential Intensive in Rwanda.
• Well-informed and skilled in your professional field, adept at identifying gaps and opportunities within your sector of interest.
• Committed to launching a new, innovative venture with potential for rapid growth.
  Historically an achiever, problem solver, and value creator wherever you have focused your attention.
• Collaborative, eager to meet equally ambitious peers within your cohort, and co-found ventures from scratch.

Talent Investor Offering:

Team Formation, Customer Discovery & Validation at the Residential in Kigali

• Flight and/or transportation from their current place of residence to the Residential Site in Kigali.
• A monthly stipend equivalent to RWF 317,145, KES39,463, or ETB 14,130.

Venture Creation

• Flight and transportation from Kigali to Nairobi or Ethiopia.
• A monthly stipend equivalent to RWF 1,268,580, KES 157,853, or ETB 56,521.

Whats the Application Process

Jasiri follows a competency-based approach to selecting and developing aspiring entrepreneurs for the Talent Investor.

Candidates are selected through a multi-stage selection process, which includes an entrepreneurial intentions survey, an innovation scenario assessment, psychometrics and an online selection conference.

The process seeks to recruit and select high-potential aspiring entrepreneurs for the Jasiri Talent Investor and selected candidates will be supported to identify equally ambitious co-founders and to develop Market-Creating Innovations.

Applicants are challenged to apply for this 13 month, fully funded, full-time programme.

Apply Here for the Jasiri Talent Investor Programme 2025 for East Africa Youth Entrepreneurs